All Good Things Must Come to An End...

We've reached the end of LBS 850! I enjoyed the class, diving deep into technologies for schools, and dabbling in cataloging...I do think the class experience is highly dependent upon who someone has as an instructor. Luckily, thankfully, Barb Fecteau at Salem State is an excellent, patient, and knowledgeable teacher, and she created a wonderful experience with an atmosphere conducive to learning and exploration.

Here's a reminder of what the class was, so here's the course description for future me:

LBS 850 - Emerging Technologies for Libraries

3 Credit(s) This course presents tools and procedures that school library personnel implement to manage the ever-evolving organizational landscape. Course topics include basic strategies for dealing with, organizing and managing change professionally, new computer and internet-based methods of cataloging physical materials and web based applications that address libraries’ systemic needs.

I started off the course feeling overwhelmed by all the apps out there, and now I have more experience with new educational apps, and I'm also much more equipped to assess an app for usage in the classroom. I greatly appreciated the assignment in which we incorporated apps into a lesson unit. It was a tough assignment, but very practical and will hopefully come in use in the future.

In regard to my favorite app, I think it's screen-cast-o-matic. I've made several tutorials in my current role, and I always used Go-To-Webinar...which was clunky as it was not the intended purpose of the app. 

I also started off the class wondering what the fuss is all about when it comes to cataloging. I mean, how complicated could it be?? Answer: VERY complicated. And for good reason! Part of me wants to take a whole course on cataloging, and part of me wonders if I'm a masochist...

What does next semester hold? LBS 724, a pre-practicum, taking the MTELs, officially applying to the program...and who knows what else!

So....six credits down, 30 to go! Sometimes my goal of being a school librarian seems very far away - but I never know what's around the corner.